6741 Ch 6 Overview

1. Occupational Safety and Health
for Emergency Services
Fourth Edition
Chapter 6 — Safety at the Fire Emergency

2. Overview/Introduction
‣ This chapter discusses safety at fire incidents, including incident
priorities, hazards faced by responders, personal protective
equipment, incident management systems, rapid interview crews,
and incident rehabilitation.

3. ‣ Upon successful completion of this lesson, the student shall be able to
‣ List the three incident priorities.
‣ Explain the relationship between the three incident priorities and their
relationship to safety and health.
‣ Discuss in general terms the hazards faced by responders to fire
incidents.
‣ List the components of personal protective equipment used for fire
incidents.
‣ Discuss the need for and the components of an effective
accountability system.
‣ Discuss the types of and the relationship between incident
management systems and the safety and health of the responder.
‣ Describe the concept of and need for fireground air management.
‣ Define the need for and uses of a rapid intervention crew.
‣ Discuss the components of incident rehabilitation.
Learning Objectives

4. Section Slides
I. Introduction 4
II. Incident Priorities and Safety 5-15
III. Personal Protective Equipment 16-21
IV. Incident Management Systems 22-24
V. Air Management 25
VI. Accountability 26-27
VII. Rapid Intervention Crews 28-29
VIII. Rehabilitation 30-31
Chapter Content